At 04:48 PM 22-01-01 -0800, you wrote:

>Again I suggest having optional installs for different palette pages (not
>everyone needs the Dialogs or Grids pages). A different "slice" might be
>installation sets labelled TDataset Descendents, Minimal Native Components,
>Service Components, Visual Components, etc.

This is illogical. New users don't know what they want/need. The usual way
to find out is to read the help.

A really good approach is to read the initial sections of help file before
installing ANYTHING. Those who want to use only TIBO* will then know that
they can ignore the controls. Let them choose for themselves whether or
not to delete the TIB_* palettes.

As for native IB components, I highly doubt it would be possible to decide
what is "minimal components". I would be grossly annoyed if I couldn't
examine all of the components upon installing the suite.

What do you mean by "Visual Components"? Surely Data Access already covers
those VCs which are for data access and Controls covers those which are -
well - controls. If newbie users don't understand the difference between
controls and other VCs, it seems to me that the Delphi helpfile itself
would be the right place to start for an introduction to Delphi...

H.


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